German submarine U-302

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-302
Ordered	6 August 1940
Builder	Flender Werke, Lübeck
Yard number	302
Laid down	2 April 1941
Launched	25 April 1942
Commissioned	16 June 1942
Fate	Sunk on 6 April 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors.
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record[1][2]
Part of:	8th U-boat Flotilla 16 June – 30 November 1942 11th U-boat Flotilla 1 December 1942 – 31 May 1943 13th U-boat Flotilla 1 June – 31 October 1943 9th U-boat Flotilla 1 November 1943 – 6 April 1944
Identification codes:	M 03 384
Commanders:	Kptlt. Herbert Sickel 16 June 1942 – 6 April 1944
Operations:	8 patrols: 1st patrol: 2 – 6 January 1942 2nd patrol: 10 – 29 January 1943 3rd patrol: 2 – 21 February 1943 4th patrol: a. 14 – 15 March 1943 b. 17 March – 17 April 1943 c. 18 – 20 April 1943 d. 29 May – 1 June 1943 5th patrol: a. 9 June – 19 July 1943 b. 25 July 1943 6th patrol: a. 30 July – 22 September 1943 b. 23 – 25 September 1943 7th patrol: 6 December 1943 – 30 January 1944 8th patrol: 11 March – 6 April 1944
Victories:	3 merchant ships sunk (12,697 GRT)

German submarine U-302 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 2 April 1941 at the Flender Werke yard at Lübeck as yard number 302, launched on 25 April 1942 and commissioned on 16 June under the command of Kapitänleutnant Herbert Sackel.

During her career, the U-boat sailed on eight combat patrols, sinking three ships, before she was sunk on 6 April 1944 in mid-Atlantic by a British frigate.^[1]

She was a member of ten wolfpacks.